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Helicobacter Pylori

Helicobacter pylori is a strain of bacteria found in the stomach and the resulting discomfort. Some that carry it experience complaints while others have none at all!

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What is Helicobacter Pylori?

Helicobacter pylori is a common type of bacteria that can colonize in the digestive tract and attack the stomach lining. It infects around 60 percent of the adult population, whereby most become infected at an early age. 

Helicobacter pylori weaken the protective mucous coating of the stomach and the small intestine. It causes irritation as acid permeates the lining and so can lead to gastritis and ulcers in the stomach and intestine. However, these advancements are significantly less common than the infection itself. Some patients don’t develop these symptoms at all. The Helicobacter infection is usually diagnosed with a gastroscopy, whereby the tissue obtained is examined for the bacteria. 

What can help?

The severity of symptoms can vary greatly. Burning pain in the upper abdominal area, bloating and burping, and nausea could be signs of Helicobacter-associated gastritis, while discomfort and stomach complaints after eating, pain in the night, or acid reflux and heartburn could point to a stomach ulcer.

Since Helicobacter pylori adversely affect our intestinal flora, Limosilactobacillus reuteri Gastrus (L. reuteri DSM 17938 and L. reuteri ATCC PTA 6475) may help to reduce the antibiotic side effects of the treatment and increase the concentration of valuable bacteria of the gut flora.
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Biegunki u dorosłych

Biegunki u dorosłych

Choć biegunka może być nieprzyjemna, to jest coś, czego dorośli doświadczyli przynajmniej raz. Dbanie o mikroflorę jelitową jest ważnym elementem domowej opieki nad biegunką.

Antibiotics

Antibiotics

While they can do a lot of good, antibiotics can affect the digestive system. For this reason, it’s important to give the gut some support while taking them.

Antibiotics in general

Antibiotics in general

Antibiotics are essential medicines that help stop infections caused by bacteria and save lives by destroying or decreasing the growth of certain bacteria. The term antibiotic means «against life» and is used when we talk about medicine that kills germs. Different antibiotics are used to treat different infections and only a doctor can prescribe them.